‘TOWIE language’ banned in Essex School

A school in Essex has banned pupils from using language associated with reality TV show The Only Way is Essex in a bid to improve pupils’ future job prospects.
Tue, 3 May 2016

A school in Essex has banned pupils from using language associated with reality TV show The Only Way is Essex in a bid to improve pupils’ future job prospects.

The Essex Chronicle reports that Chelmsford’s Ongar Academy launched the crackdown due to fears that overuse of terms ‘emosh’, ‘geezer’, as well as excessive use of the words ‘like’...

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